In this 2015 photo, then-House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Politico is out with a long, entertaining profile of former House speaker John Boehner, and there's a reason the headline is "John Boehner Unchained." In a series of extensive interviews, Boehner unloads on lots of people, mostly within his own party, but the 67-year-old also seems to be wrestling with the problem of many a retiree. Tim Alberta writes that a longtime friend asked him, "You've always had a purpose—your business, your family, politics. What's your purpose now?" Boehner, pictured with his lawnmower and on the golf course multiple times, "says the question gnaws at him every day." Highlights:

Boehner never could line up his cats to do anything but say no. It probably wasn't his fault since Ryan hasn't been anymore successful. After the indictments today and the confession by Papadopolous, it doesn't look good for anything the minority president might propose being advanced without problems.

AEK

Oct 30, 2017 1:20 PM CDT

I still think Boehner was a good man in an impossible position. He wanted to work with Obama to get things done but he had to deal with the Tea Party tearing the GOP in half. He got blasted no matter which way he turned.